The Golden Boy (Horns Mix)

Wait, on what release was this? Not on the Special Edition right?

It was on a promo CD single. Shame, as it’s good!

Wow - what a fantastic version. Not much Monty in it, but it’s way better than the original single mix.

When I first got my mitts on this song I created a version editing it into the original (well, the reorchestrated one – the drums are a bit jarring and wouldn’t mesh well with the original). It was halfway decent (“listenable” is how I would describe it) but a reminder how frustratingly typical of Jim Beach it is to get only half a fucking song…

That’s a really enjoyable mix although a more complete version would be preferable. I adore Freddie’s vocals on the Barcelona album and the quality of songwriting is first class.
I would love to hear, for example, The Golden Boy reworked as a duet with a really good soul singer, like Aretha Franklin. Don’t get me wrong I love the work did with MC but I also think some of the songs could really shine as duets with other singers and reach a whole new audience. The purists on here May condemn me for suggesting something that goes against Freddie’s original idea but I don’t see the harm in it.
I would love to see a Queen duets album if it were done tastefully with genuinely good artists that would compliment the music. There are existing duets, such as Under Pressure, Let Me Live with Rod Stewart, There Must Be More To Life Than This with MJ (Gold mix), State of Shock and Victory. Play the Game with Andy Gibb. We know the I Go Crazy was worked on with Bowie and has been called really good by those who have heard it. Take a couple of the Barcelona tracks, The Golden Boy, How Can I Go On for example and get some relevant artists to add vocals. It’s been confirmed there’s a Freddie vocal take of Sail Away Sweet Sister, that would be lovely as a duet with Brian perhaps? A live splice of Somebody To Love with Freddie and George Michael?

 I wonder why there is only this one obscure promo release with it, why they never used it anywhere else :/ or did they? havent found....

Hi, I'm the uploader of that video. Sadly the only copies of this awesome remix are lossy. If anyone knows someone that might have the 2012 promo CD where it originated, please let me know.

Holy crap yeah, the MP3 is NOT in very good condition.

I'm begging anyone who happens to have it losslessly, PLEASE please please

I've asked the 2 people who've shared in Discogs that they have the CD for a rip. One of them doesn't have a CD player at the moment (but might get one later so let's hope for that), and the other hasn't responded so far. Who knows where it might lead

Thanks for this!!


I hope that one day it gets the release it deserves.

Thank you all and esp. BootLuca for the lossless source! It's so nice to still discover something new :)

Awesome!

Then you have the Ship of Theseus problem.

If you digitally push Freddie down a semitone, is it still Freddie singing? It wouldn't sound anything like how he would have approached it, after all. 

Same goes the other way around with GM, of course.

Not at all, the band did it themselves in the studio.  Roger's vocals on '39, for instance, were sped up to push the pitch up.  With The Beatles it was also used, most famously in Strawberry Fields Forever, where the demo and the studio recording were merged to create the finished track.  They were at different speeds and pitches but were matched in this way to give the track we know and love.